Massive win for NMG journalists at EA Media Awards

The Citizen’s Arusha Bureau chief, Mr Zephania Ubwani, holds an award after it was handed over to him by the East African Business Council in Kampala, Uganda.  Mr Ubwani emerged the winner in higher education reporting.  PHOTO | FILBERT RWEYEMAMU 

By The Citizen Reporter

In Summary

• NMG scooped plenty of EAC Media Awards through its popular news assets — The East African, Daily Nation,  The Daily Monitor, The Citizen and NTV — to prove its leading role in professionalism and ethics in journalism in the region.

Kampala. Journalists from National Media Group (NMG) dominated this year’s East African Community (EAC) Media Awards, beating other media houses in the region to win the prestigious competition.

NMG scooped most of the awards through its popular titles — The EastAfrican, Daily Nation,  The Daily Monitor, The Citizen and NTV — to prove its leading role in professionalism and ethics in journalism in the region

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For the second year running, The Citizen Bureau Chief in Arusha Zephania Ubwani won a top award in the media contest organised by the EAC and the East African Business Council.

Mr Ubwani emerged the first in the Higher Education Reporting Award ahead of two other contestants from Burundi and Rwanda during the prize-giving ceremony at a Kampala hotel on Thursday evening.

Eleven other journalists from all the five EAC partner states — Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi and Rwanda — were feted and took home certificates, plaques, iPads as well as cash prizes.